On page 2, after line 15, of the Introduced bill, insert: "
Section 5. That chapter 13-7 be amended with a NEW SECTION:
If a school board has, by resolution, increased the length of terms from three to four years for the purpose of holding joint elections pursuant to § 13-7-10.1, the school board may decrease the length of terms from four years to three using the same procedure as for increasing the length of terms, provided that each school board member is entitled to complete the term of office to which the member was elected. The school board is empowered to designate the number of vacancies and the number of the years, not to exceed three years, in each vacancy so that all succeeding regular elections have, insofar as practicable, the same number of vacancies to be filled. "